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    CVE-2014-7942

    The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

    Published:Jan 21, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jan 22, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.02358
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Chromium
    Product
    Chromium
    Vendor
    Google
    Product
    Chrome
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
    https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=426762
    http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
    https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=426762

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High